Server Side Includes

What exactly are Server Side Includes? How can you improve your rankings via SSI?

Server Side Includes (SSI) is a common server-side scripting language, which can be used to include the content of one file inside of a second file. It is employed mostly with online content and it could help make a static HTML site far more dynamic. If you want to have a daily quote shown on multiple pages of your site, for instance, you can make a text file and replace the quote within it each day. All the pages in which this file is integrated will display the updated quote, so you'll not have to change them manually every single time. SSI could also be used to contain the output of simple functions as opposed to a static file - for instance, the client's IP address, a hit counter or even the current time and date. This way, you may make your site seem far more professional and a lot more attractive to the visitors. Pages that employ SSI use a .shtml extension.

Server Side Includes is present on our innovative cloud hosting platform, so no matter the Linux cloud package which you pick, it will be possible to utilize this function and make your website more dynamic. Everything you have to do is to make a file called .htaccess in the main folder for the domain name or subdomain in which you want to use SSI and after that include a few lines of code inside it. You won't require any coding skills though, as you're able simply just copy the needed code from the help section, or our tech support team can help you enable SSI for any given website. You need to simply customize the extension of the html file that will employ Server Side Includes to .shtml and make sure that all links to these webpages on the website are appropriate.

You'll be able to activate and employ Server Side Includes with a few clicks with any one of our semi-dedicated server packages since the option is present on the cloud platform where your new account will be set up. All you need to do will be to make an empty file named .htaccess from your Hepsia Hosting Control Panel and then include a handful of lines of code in it. You will find the latter within the Help articles that are available inside of your account, which means you do not need any programming capabilities - you're able to just copy the code in question. All webpages that are going to utilize Server Side Includes must have a .shtml extension, so in case you incorporate this function to an active site, you should make sure that you bring up to date all the links on it.